On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 04:03:34PM -0700, Francisco Valladolid Hdez.
wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 10:11:58AM -0400, Brian A.  Seklecki wrote:
> >  
> > > > - OpenOffice
> > > 
> > > OO.org 2.x requires Java to build.  Both are
> > flagged for-i386-only.
> > > 
> > > I will pay for functional OO2.x and Java on amd64,
> > if someone wants to
> > > ballpark the man hours to make i386 linux
> > emulation work on amd64
> > > 
> > > Oh and I'll double up for Evolution and gFTP.
> > 
> > Debian has OO and gFTP (don't know about Evolution) in amd64.  Can
> > NetBSD amd64 run linux amd64?
> > 
> 
> I have a AMD64 machine, then I setup the NetBSD i386 port on it, so I
> have all apps for i386 in my amd64 machine (indluding flash, java,
> etc.)
> 

Right, of course i386 will run on an Athlon64.  But you can't then run
amd64 or access more than 3 GB ram, or give an app more than 2 GB VM.

Doug.